Improvement in beex-  hives



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P N'r OFFICE,

NEVADA, o1-1ro.

IMPROVEMENT lN BEE HlVES.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent N o. 82,006, dated September 8, 1868.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, H'. A. KING, of Nevada, in the county of Wyandot andl StateV of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bee-Hives;l and I hereby declare that the .following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being` had to the accompanying drawings, making' a part of thespeciiication, in which- Figure l is a Vertical section of my invention, taken in the line .fr Fig. 2. "Fig, 2 is a vertical section vof theV same, taken in the line y y, Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a detached plan or top view of vone ofthe close-fitting top bars of the comb-frames, with comb-guides nailed between two parts to forni the bar. Fig. 4 Vis a lside view of one of the comb-guides, waxed and pressed -.to form the base of worker-cells before fastening into the frame.

Similar letters oi reference indicate corresponding' part-s of the several igures.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my. invention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents the body of main portion of the hive, which is quadrilateral in forni, and is provided with roofshaped cap, iu ciined bot toni board, movable side, and other parts which we here omit to describe, as they are fully described in the specication accompanyingl the Patent No. 40,725, issued' 4November 24, 1863, and Patent No. 50,367, issued October 1C, 1865.4 y

The double tier of honeyboxes herein vdcscribed are improved over those used in the aforesaid patent .issued October 10, 1865, by making the long slots z z instead of-two holes through the top of the lower honey-boxes. I put on a box with closed top, and guide-combs running at right angles with the long slot ein its botton1,and, when partly filled with honey, I raise it up,bees and al,and put .underneath it a box with the long slots z e both n-its top and bottom, the slot in the upper box match- 'ing` with the slot in the top oi' the lower box,

so that the bees will lengthen down the combs from the upper box into the lower box, and ati-ach them tothe top of the lower box. By the time the upper/boxis ready to remove the lower box will be ready to raise. At the close of the honey. season a box will usually be left partly iilled, -in which the bees will commence much earlier than they would in an empty are needed in the honcy-boxes, thus saving;

dipping pieces of honey-comb into 'melted wax and attaching them to the under side of the top of the honey-box while the wax is hot,

is cold.

The comb-guides U U U U, Figs. 1,2, and 4, are formed of thin strips of wood about an inch wide,.. and one edge dipped in' melted bees-wax to the depth of about half their width. The wax adheres to the sides and lower edge when it is placed iu a press b etween two comb-dies cut to press the wax` to form the base of cells of worker-comb.

2, and 3,are each formed of two pieces of lumber. The slots e e e c are formed 1n one piece a wide board before ripping the pieces from it, and in nailing the top bar together the notched comb-guide, which is nailed between the strips commence on these comb-guides more readilyr than on common wooden guides, and, the wax being pressed to form the base ot cells of box, and with these slots no more guide-combs care and labor, as the guides are formed by which rein-aiu firmly att-achedwhen the wax 'Ihe close-fitting,r top bars O 4O O O, Figs. 1,.

of thev top bar by cutting a long groove across edge is placed against the upper edge of the that thus forni the top bars. lhe bees willworker-comb, the bees will follow the guides Havin g1 thus described my invention, what I 

